9th Oct 2015 16:41
AMENDMENT
INCREASED ORDINARY A SHARES GBP EQUITY PURCHASES BY 80,000 TO 800,094.
INCREASED ORDINARY A SHARES GBP EQUITY SALES BY 406,414 TO 1,310,766.
ADDED ORDINARY A SHARES EQUITY SWAP PURCHASE OF 406,344.
ADDED ORDINARY A SHARES EQUITY SWAP SALE OF 80,000.
INCREASED ORDINARY B SHARES GBP EQUITY PURCHASES BY 123,473 TO 1,227,773
INCREASED ORDINARY B SHARES GBP EQUITY SALES BY 44,540 TO 1,559,718.
ADDED ORDINARY B SHARES EQUITY SWAP PURCHASE OF 44,540.
ADDED ORDINARY B SHARES EQUITY SWAP SALE OF 97,682.
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: | J.P. Morgan Securities plc |
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree | Royal Dutch Shell Plc |
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected: | BG Group Plc |
(d) Date dealing undertaken: | 30 September 2015 |
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A" | Yes BG Group Plc |
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received
| Lowest price per unit paid/received
|
Ordinary A Shares | Purchases
Sales | 800,094 210,768
1,310,766 458,177 | 15.5700 GBP 21.2150 EUR
15.5500 GBP 25.1069 EUR | 15.3850 GBP 20.9700 EUR
15.3500 GBP 21.0000 EUR |
Class of relevant security | Purchases/ sales
| Total number of securities | Highest price per unit paid/received
| Lowest price per unit paid/received
|
Ordinary B Shares | Purchases
Sales | 1,227,773
1,559,718 | 15.6454 GBP
15.6300 GBP | 15.4250 GBP
15.4250 GBP |
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. CFD | Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position | Number of reference securities | Price per unit
|
Ordinary A Shares
| Equity Swaps | Long
Short | 308,662 11,000 27,683 97,682 307,500 19,302 96 3,850
15,411 4,324 80,000 4,365 18,607 | 15.4701 GBP 15.4714 GBP 15.4786 GBP 15.4864 GBP 21.0100 EUR 21.0571 EUR 21.0879 EUR 21.1834 EUR
15.4684 GBP 15.4736 GBP 15.5208 GBP 21.0583 EUR 21.1502 EUR |
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. CFD | Nature of dealing e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position | Number of reference securities | Price per unit
|
Ordinary B Shares | Equity Swap | Long
Short | 8,463 73,945 44,540 44,540 459,653 14,447
73,945 97,682 11,201 16,800 6,804 25,791 939 | 15.4285 GBP 15.4350 GBP 15.4503 GBP 15.4645 GBP 15.5655 GBP 15.5852 GBP
15.4350 GBP 15.5395 GBP 15.5473 GBP 15.5720 GBP 15.5751 GBP 15.6067 GBP 15.6454 GBP |
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. | Number of securities to which option relates | Exercise price per unit (EUR) | Type e.g. American, European etc. | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit (EUR) |
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security | Product description e.g. call option | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit
|
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security | Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) (GBP) |
|
3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" |
None
|
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none" |
None
|
| Date of disclosure: | 09 October 2015 |
| Contact name: | Tung Le |
| Telephone number: | 020 7742 7272 |
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [email protected]. The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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